Liam Jurrah ticks all boxes but Port Adelaide set to pass on him

THERE is growing speculation Port Adelaide will adopt a no-risk policy and overlook Liam Jurrah at Tuesday's AFL drafts.

The Power last night delayed making a decision on the troubled former Melbourne forward's future until Monday, saying "we want to watch him and our other train-on players have one final session with us before drawing any conclusions".

But it is understood Port - which had intended to make a call on Jurrah yesterday - is not sold on the value of the high-flying excitement machine, despite fans calling for him to be signed.

There also is speculation Jurrah arrived late to one of the Power's training sessions this week, disappointing club officials who had put strict guidelines on his recruitment.

"You get players out to train with you because you've got some interest in them and want to have a look but you don't just want to limit yourself to those players you have train with you. We'll look at others too," Port recruiting manager Geoff Parker said.

As few as 20 untried players could be given AFL opportunities at the pre-season and rookie drafts because clubs have been forced to cut their rookie lists from six to four this year and several have committed to re-drafting players they have already cut.

The AFL yesterday announced 11 clubs were in position to participate in the pre-season draft but there could be as few as seven selections.

Premier Sydney must wait until pick 11 to take former Crow Kurt Tippett, who has priced himself out of being taken by another club by putting a $900,000-a-year price tag on his head.